Two identical conducting spheres. A and E, sit on insulating stands. The initial charge on A i. -5.00 iC. After the spheres are touched together, then separated, the chargs on sphere A is -1.00 C , what was the initial charge on sphere B? IDENTIFY: A neutral metal conducting sphere contains the same number of protons as electrons. Suppose one such neutral conducting sphere contains N protons and N electrons. If this sphere is given a negative net charge, then it contains than N () fewer, protons () fewer, electrons ) more, protons ()more, electrons PLAN: What happens when two ldentical conducting spheres are placed into contact ) Each sphere acquires a charge equal to the total charge )The spheres short out and the final charge on each sphere is zero. () The total charge is distributed equally between the spheres